René Temeharo is a

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n civil servant, politician, and former

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who served in the government of

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. He first entered the

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in April 2008, replacing Armelle Merceron who had been appointed a Minister. He lost his seat to Merceron following the fall of

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's coalition government, but later returned in May 2011 as a replacement for

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after he returned to the private sector. In October 2011 he was convicted alongside a number of other Tahoera'a Huiraatira members in the "phantom jobs" case and sentenced to a three month suspended prison sentence and one year deprivation of civil rights. Following an appeal his sentence was nullified in February 2013. In April 2017 he was one of 11 Tahoera'a members ordered to jointly repay US$2.1 million in the case. He was re-elected to the Assembly at the

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and elected president of the standing committee. In 2014 he was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports, in charge of Relations with the Assembly of French Polynesia and the Economic, Social and Cultural Council in the government of

, and as a result surrendered his seat in the Assembly. In May 2015 he joined other supporters of Fritch in leaving the Tahoera'a to found the

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; as a result on 26 May 2015 he was ejected from the Tahoera'a. In October 2015 he resigned from the executive and returned to the ranks of the Assembly to strengthen Fritch's majority, his substitute being a supporter of

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. He was replaced in cabinet by

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. He ran as a Tapura candidate in the 2018 election, but was not elected. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Equipment and Land Transport. In September 2020 he was given the Major projects portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of

. In October 2022 he served as the French Polynesian government's delegate to the annual meeting of the United Nations

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Temeharo, René Living people French Polynesian civil servants Tahoera'a Huiraatira politicians Tapura Huiraatira politicians Members of the Assembly of French Polynesia Government ministers of French Polynesia Transport ministers of French Polynesia Year of birth missing (living people)